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E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training

Second International Conference, eLEOT 2015, Novedrate, Italy, September 16-18, 2015, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Alberto Bucciero, Carlos Vaz de Carvalho, Giovanni Vincenti ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2015, held in Novedrate, Italy, in September 2015.The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They focus on e-learning and distance education in science, technology, engineering and math. ... Read more

$54.62 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the Second International Conference on E-Learning, E-Education, and Online Training, eLEOT 2015, held in Novedrate, Italy, in September 2015.The 26 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. They focus on e-learning and distance education in science, technology, engineering and math.
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Quality of Synthetic Speech

Perceptual Dimensions, Influencing Factors, and Instrumental Assessment

by Florian Hinterleitner ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the ... Read more

$127.70 CAD

This book reviews research towards perceptual quality dimensions of synthetic speech, compares these findings with the state of the art, and derives a set of five universal perceptual quality dimensions for TTS signals. They are: (i) naturalness of voice, (ii) prosodic quality, (iii) fluency and intelligibility, (iv) absence of disturbances, and (v) calmness. Moreover, a test protocol for the
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Design of Video Quality Metrics with Multi-Way Data Analysis

A data driven approach

by Christian Keimel ...

Series series Engineering (R0)
This book proposes a data-driven methodology using multi-way data analysis for the design of video-quality metrics. It also enables video- quality metrics to be created using arbitrary features. This data- driven design approach not only requires no detailed knowledge of the human visual system, but also allows a proper consideration of the temporal nature of video using a three-way prediction ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

This book proposes a data-driven methodology using multi-way data analysis for the design of video-quality metrics. It also enables video- quality metrics to be created using arbitrary features. This data- driven design approach not only requires no detailed knowledge of the human visual system, but also allows a proper consideration of the temporal nature of video using a three-way prediction
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Explainable, Trustworthy, and Responsible AI and Multi-Agent Systems

7th International Workshop, EXTRAAMAS 2025, Detroit, MI, USA, May 19–20, 2025, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Davide Calvaresi, Amro Najjar, Andrea Omicini, Reyhan Aydogan, Rachele Carli, Giovanni Ciatto, Simona Tiribelli, Kary Främling ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems, EXTRAAMAS 2025, held in Detroit, MI, USA, during May 19-20, 2025.The 12 full papers and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI ... Read more

$66.23 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed post-conference proceedings of the 7th International Workshop on Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems, EXTRAAMAS 2025, held in Detroit, MI, USA, during May 19-20, 2025.The 12 full papers and 1 short paper included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 23 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: AI
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Distributed User Interfaces: Usability and Collaboration

Edited by Victor M.R. Penichet, Ricardo Tesoriero, María D. Lozano, Jose A. Gallud ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings. Throughout the thirteen chapters authors address key questions concerning how collaboration can be improved by using DUIs, including:in which situations a DUI is suitable to ease the ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

Written by international researchers in the field of Distributed User Interfaces (DUIs), this book brings together important contributions regarding collaboration and usability in Distributed User Interface settings. Throughout the thirteen chapters authors address key questions concerning how collaboration can be improved by using DUIs, including:in which situations a DUI is suitable to ease the
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The Art of Design Strategy

Tracing the Future of Design Innovation

by Garkay Wong ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Although business leaders and designers may appear to have different objectives, they actually share a common goal: ensuring the long-term success and profitability of their organization. This book highlights the shared objective, examining the progression of Design Strategy to bridge the gap between design practice and executive decision-making. Featuring the TRACES framework, it aligns design ... Read more

$51.02 CAD

Although business leaders and designers may appear to have different objectives, they actually share a common goal: ensuring the long-term success and profitability of their organization. This book highlights the shared objective, examining the progression of Design Strategy to bridge the gap between design practice and executive decision-making. Featuring the TRACES framework, it aligns design
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Companion Technology

A Paradigm Shift in Human-Technology Interaction

Edited by Susanne Biundo, Andreas Wendemuth ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
Future technical systems will be companion systems, competent assistants that provide their functionality in a completely individualized way, adapting to a user’s capabilities, preferences, requirements, and current needs, and taking into account both the emotional state and the situation of the individual user.This book presents the enabling technology for such systems. It introduces a variety of ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

Future technical systems will be companion systems, competent assistants that provide their functionality in a completely individualized way, adapting to a user’s capabilities, preferences, requirements, and current needs, and taking into account both the emotional state and the situation of the individual user.This book presents the enabling technology for such systems. It introduces a variety of
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Haptics: Neuroscience, Devices, Modeling, and Applications

9th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2014, Versailles, France, June 24-26, 2014, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Malika Auvray, Christian Duriez ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 8618 and 8619 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference EuroHaptics 2014, held in Versailles, France, in June 2014.The 118 papers (36 oral presentations and 82 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. Furthermore, 27 demos were exhibited, each of them resulting in a short paper included in the ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

The two-volume set LNCS 8618 and 8619 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference EuroHaptics 2014, held in Versailles, France, in June 2014.The 118 papers (36 oral presentations and 82 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 183 submissions. Furthermore, 27 demos were exhibited, each of them resulting in a short paper included in the
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Search Based Software Engineering

8th International Symposium, SSBSE 2016, Raleigh, NC, USA, October 8-10, 2016, Proceedings

Edited by Federica Sarro, Kalyanmoy Deb ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2016, held in Raleigh, NC, USA, in October 2016.The 13 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented together with 7 challenge track and 4 graduate student track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE) ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Search-Based Software Engineering, SSBSE 2016, held in Raleigh, NC, USA, in October 2016.The 13 revised full papers and 4 short papers presented together with 7 challenge track and 4 graduate student track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 48 submissions. Search Based Software Engineering (SBSE)
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Haptics: Perception, Devices, Control, and Applications

10th International Conference, EuroHaptics 2016, London, UK, July 4-7, 2016, Proceedings, Part II

Edited by Fernando Bello, Hiroyuki Kajimoto, Yon Visell ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
The two-volume set LNCS 9774 and 9775 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference EuroHaptics 2016, held in London, UK, in July 2016.The 100 papers (36 oral presentations and 64 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover topics such as ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

The two-volume set LNCS 9774 and 9775 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Conference EuroHaptics 2016, held in London, UK, in July 2016.The 100 papers (36 oral presentations and 64 poster presentations) presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 162 submissions. These proceedings reflect the multidisciplinary nature of EuroHaptics and cover topics such as
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Image and Video Technology

8th Pacific-Rim Symposium, PSIVT 2017, Wuhan, China, November 20-24, 2017, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Manoranjan Paul, Carlos Hitoshi, Qingming Huang ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, held in Wuhan, China, in November 2017.The total of 39 revised papers was carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions.The Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT) is a high-quality series of symposia that aim at providing a ... Read more

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This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology, PSIVT 2017, held in Wuhan, China, in November 2017.The total of 39 revised papers was carefully reviewed and selected from 91 submissions.The Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT) is a high-quality series of symposia that aim at providing a
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Model and Data Engineering

7th International Conference, MEDI 2017, Barcelona, Spain, October 4–6, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Yassine Ouhammou, Mirjana Ivanovic, Alberto Abelló, Ladjel Bellatreche ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, MEDI 2017, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2017.The 20 full papers and 7 short papers presented together with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on domain specific languages; systems and software ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Model and Data Engineering, MEDI 2017, held in Barcelona, Spain, in October 2017.The 20 full papers and 7 short papers presented together with 2 invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 69 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on domain specific languages; systems and software
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Databases Theory and Applications

28th Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2017, Brisbane, QLD, Australia, September 25–28, 2017, Proceedings

Edited by Zi Huang, Xiaokui Xiao, Xin Cao ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2017, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2017.The 20 full papers presented together with 2 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The mission of ADC is to share novel research solutions to problems of today’s information society that fulfill the needs of ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 28th Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2017, held in Brisbane, QLD, Australia, in September 2017.The 20 full papers presented together with 2 demo papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The mission of ADC is to share novel research solutions to problems of today’s information society that fulfill the needs of
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Pro TypeScript

Application-Scale JavaScript Development

by Steve Fenton ...

Series series Professional and Applied Computing (R0)
Explore the features of this innovative open source language in depth, from working with the type system through object-orientation to understanding the runtime and the TypeScript compiler. This fully revised and updated second edition of Steve Fenton’s popular book covers everything you need to discover this fascinating language and transform your experience of JavaScript development.What’s New ... Read more

$86.84 CAD

Explore the features of this innovative open source language in depth, from working with the type system through object-orientation to understanding the runtime and the TypeScript compiler. This fully revised and updated second edition of Steve Fenton’s popular book covers everything you need to discover this fascinating language and transform your experience of JavaScript development.What’s New
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Next-Generation Smart Systems

Bridging Sustainability and Computational Intelligence

Edited by V. Sekhar, P. Ajay Kumar Reddy, K. Logesh, T. Raghunadha Reddy, Dara Raju ...

Series series Taylor and Francis Proceedings in Computer Science and Engineering
This compilation of papers captures the essence of the International Conference on Smart Systems for Sustainable Development using Advanced Computational Techniques (ICSSA 2025). It provides a comprehensive exploration of how next-generation computing drives ecological and social resilience and highlights the pivotal role of intelligent automation and data-driven strategies in solving complex ... Read more

$295.68 CAD

This compilation of papers captures the essence of the International Conference on Smart Systems for Sustainable Development using Advanced Computational Techniques (ICSSA 2025). It provides a comprehensive exploration of how next-generation computing drives ecological and social resilience and highlights the pivotal role of intelligent automation and data-driven strategies in solving complex
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Theory of JIZAI Body

Towards Mastery Over the Extended Self

Edited by Masahiko Inami ...

Series series Computer Science (R0)
This book proposes a novel body image to bridge gap between self-transformation and preserving sense of self: the Jizai body. Automation and digitization have served to transform our lives. Digital transformation, for example, is rapidly changing the world every day, making life more convenient and comfortable. However, there is a worrying trend of removing the human element from human-centric ... Read more

$232.28 CAD

This book proposes a novel body image to bridge gap between self-transformation and preserving sense of self: the Jizai body. Automation and digitization have served to transform our lives. Digital transformation, for example, is rapidly changing the world every day, making life more convenient and comfortable. However, there is a worrying trend of removing the human element from human-centric
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Runtime Verification

20th International Conference, RV 2020, Los Angeles, CA, USA, October 6–9, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Jyotirmoy Deshmukh, Dejan Ničković ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Runtime Verification, RV 2020, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in October 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 14 regular papers and 2 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. Also included are an invited paper, 5 tutorial ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th International Conference on Runtime Verification, RV 2020, held in Los Angeles, CA, USA, in October 2020. The conference was held virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 14 regular papers and 2 short papers presented in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 43 submissions. Also included are an invited paper, 5 tutorial
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Formal Methods and Software Engineering

22nd International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2020, Singapore, Singapore, March 1–3, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Shang-Wei Lin, Zhe Hou, Brendan Mahony ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2020, held in Singapore, Singapore, in March 2021. The 16 full and 4 short papers presented together with 1 doctoral symposium paper in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The papers cover theory and applications in formal engineering methods together ... Read more

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Formal Engineering Methods, ICFEM 2020, held in Singapore, Singapore, in March 2021. The 16 full and 4 short papers presented together with 1 doctoral symposium paper in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 41 submissions. The papers cover theory and applications in formal engineering methods together
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Reuse in Emerging Software Engineering Practices

19th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2020, Hammamet, Tunisia, December 2–4, 2020, Proceedings

Edited by Sihem Ben Sassi, Stéphane Ducasse, Hafedh Mili ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunesia in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the Conference was held virtually.The 16 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: modelling ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th International Conference on Software and Systems Reuse, ICSR 2020, held in Hammamet, Tunesia in December 2020. Due to COVID-19 pandemic the Conference was held virtually.The 16 full papers and 2 short papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 60 submissions. The papers were organized in topical sections named: modelling
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HCI International 2021 - Late Breaking Papers: Multimodality, eXtended Reality, and Artificial Intelligence

23rd HCI International Conference, HCII 2021, Virtual Event, July 24–29, 2021, Proceedings

Edited by Constantine Stephanidis, Masaaki Kurosu, Jessie Y. C. Chen, Gino Fragomeni, Norbert Streitz, Shin'ichi Konomi, Helmut Degen, Stavroula Ntoa ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held in July 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Washington DC, USA but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 5222 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 81 ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

This book constitutes late breaking papers from the 23rd International Conference on Human-Computer Interaction, HCII 2021, which was held in July 2021. The conference was planned to take place in Washington DC, USA but had to change to a virtual conference mode due to the COVID-19 pandemic.A total of 5222 individuals from academia, research institutes, industry, and governmental agencies from 81
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Advances in Information Retrieval

44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, Stavanger, Norway, April 10–14, 2022, Proceedings, Part I

Edited by Matthias Hagen, Suzan Verberne, Craig Macdonald, Christin Seifert, Krisztian Balog, Kjetil Nørvåg, Vinay Setty ...

Series Book 1 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This two-volume set LNCS 13185 and 13186 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, held in April 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 35 full papers presented together with 11 reproducibility papers, 13 CLEF lab descriptions papers, 12 doctoral consortium papers, 5 workshop abstracts, and 4 tutorials abstracts were carefully reviewed and ... Read more

$116.09 CAD

This two-volume set LNCS 13185 and 13186 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 44th European Conference on IR Research, ECIR 2022, held in April 2022, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.The 35 full papers presented together with 11 reproducibility papers, 13 CLEF lab descriptions papers, 12 doctoral consortium papers, 5 workshop abstracts, and 4 tutorials abstracts were carefully reviewed and
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Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems

4th International Workshop, EXTRAAMAS 2022, Virtual Event, May 9–10, 2022, Revised Selected Papers

Edited by Davide Calvaresi, Amro Najjar, Michael Winikoff, Kary Främling ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems, EXTRAAMAS 2022, held virtually during May 9–10, 2022.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: explainable machine learning; explainable neuro-symbolic ... Read more

$58.04 CAD

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Explainable and Transparent AI and Multi-Agent Systems, EXTRAAMAS 2022, held virtually during May 9–10, 2022.The 14 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: explainable machine learning; explainable neuro-symbolic
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Artificial Intelligence

Second CAAI International Conference, CICAI 2022, Beijing, China, August 27–28, 2022, Revised Selected Papers, Part II

Edited by Lu Fang, Daniel Povey, Guangtao Zhai, Tao Mei, Ruiping Wang ...

Series Book 2 - Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This three-volume set LNCS 13604-13606 constitutes revised selected papers presented at the Second CAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Beijing, China, in August 2022. CICAI is a summit forum in the field of artificial intelligence and the 2022 forum was hosted by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI).The 164 papers were thoroughly reviewed and ... Read more

$104.48 CAD

This three-volume set LNCS 13604-13606 constitutes revised selected papers presented at the Second CAAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, held in Beijing, China, in August 2022. CICAI is a summit forum in the field of artificial intelligence and the 2022 forum was hosted by Chinese Association for Artificial Intelligence (CAAI).The 164 papers were thoroughly reviewed and
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Network and Parallel Computing

19th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference, NPC 2022, Jinan, China, September 24–25, 2022, Proceedings

Edited by Shaoshan Liu, Xiaohui Wei ...

Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2022, which was held in Jinan, China, during September 24-25, 2022.The 23 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: computer architecture; cloud ... Read more

$98.72 CAD

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 19th IFIP WG 10.3 International Conference on Network and Parallel Computing, NPC 2022, which was held in Jinan, China, during September 24-25, 2022.The 23 full papers and 8 short papers presented in this volume were carefully reviewed and selected from 89 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: computer architecture; cloud
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